No Laughing Matter Living with Depression

As a child, Jennifer Gasser had dreams of becoming a professional musician and plans to attend performing arts school. Those dreams, however, were shattered when she was diagnosed with Major Depression at the tender age of 10. In her debut, Jennifer talks about how her Major Depression along with Panic and Anxiety More

As a child, Jennifer Gasser had dreams of becoming a professional musician and plans to attend performing arts school. Those dreams, however, were shattered when she was diagnosed with Major Depression at the tender age of 10. She suffered a breakdown during college in 2005 that changed her life forever. In her debut, Jennifer talks about how her Major Depression along with Panic and Anxiety Disorder destroyed her dreams and how it drastically changed her life. She chronicles her mother’s battle with Paranoid Schizophrenia and witnessing her mother’s suicide attempts and breakdowns, her own battles with PTSD, insomnia and sleep deprivation. And also recounts how her mental health caused her to develop a binge eating disorder that left her gaining more than 100lbs. For the first time, Jennifer recounts her 25-year battle with mental illness and how she continually struggles with living life in darkness, with experiences of abuse and stigma related to mental illness. And also includes personal and private journal entries never seen before.

For those who don’t me personally, my name is Jennifer Gasser and I have a mental illness. I’ve been living in darkness almost my entire life since I was a child. After suffering a breakdown in college, I was re-diagnosed with Major Depression with Panic and Anxiety Disorder. Since 2002, I have worked for retailers such as Old Navy, Koret, Jones New York, Corning Ware, and most recently, Starbucks. And have extensive retail and managerial experience. I live in Houston, Texas and help manage a Starbucks in Cypress. I also run and manage my own website called “No Laughing Matter Living with Depression.” I plan to continue to write and hopefully publish more books in the future.You can follow the blog on Facebook or view the website http://nolaughingmatterlivingwithdepression.com